New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (171219) is posted

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (171219) is posted. Please note it is version 2017 update, not 2018.

Following issues were resolved:

• Grips are not shown for 3D polylines
• Drag grips of Elliptical Arc issue
• New entities are not displayed when adding via a LISP loop
• Some crashes are fixed

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2018 / IntelliCAD 8.3 build (171214) is posted

New Carlson 2018 / IntelliCAD 8.3 build (171214) is now available for testing.
This update has many changes, so we treat it with caution. Rollback to previous build (171129) if you have any issue with the new one.
If you changed value of FASTIMAGEDRAW previously please set it back to 2.

• After Windows 10 FALL CREATORS update, IntelliCAD has serious performance problems
  We want to make sure you are all aware of a recent IntelliCAD bug fix for a very serious performance problem introduced by the Windows Fall Creator Update. The update causes a several second delay when activating the ribbon when scaling the ribbon bitmaps. This problem is particularly bad on systems with very high resolution monitors (4K) where image scaling is required. If IntelliCAD is left active then the delay increases, some systems reported a delay of 20 seconds or more after IntelliCAD was active for 9 hours.
• Image is invisible if FASTIMAGEDRAW=1
• [MTEXT] Numbered list padding is wrong
• Block is moved while REFEDIT
• Unable to REFEDIT on block contained in XREF
• Custom patch pattern cannot be assigned in -HATCH command
• New entities are not displayed when adding via a LISP loop
• Perpendicular snap to arc doesn't work in 3D
• A PDF underlay is not regenerated during zoom/pan
• After zoom, the attached PDF is not displayed on the drawing
• Customizations reset on re-start
• Custom hatch patterns are not loaded
• Image frames issue
• Slow image render performance for attached drawing during Print Preview
• Bitonal images not displayed when have custom contrast/fade/brightness
• [MTEXT] Lines space grows indefinitely
• DIMSTYLE changes when editing XREF
• Model space remains faded after REFEDIT / REFCLOSE
• The FIELD associated to Objects is not displayed
• [FIELD] Drop-down lists "Decimal" and "Thousands" are empty
• Some crashes are fixed
• Internal improvements.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2018 / IntelliCAD 8.3 build (171129) is posted

New Carlson 2018 / IntelliCAD 8.3 build (171129) is now available for testing.

Following issues introduced in previous build were resolved:

• Images are not shown in some cases
• Image frames are printed when they shouldn't

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (171115) is posted

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (171115) is now available for testing.

Following issues were resolved:

• Snapping does not work for a polyline
• Some creashes and hangups are fixed.
• Internal improvements.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2018 / IntelliCAD 8.3 build (171115) is posted

New Carlson 2018 / IntelliCAD 8.3 build (171115) is now available for testing.
Following issues were resolved:

• Added ability to see all annotation scales at once to position them correctly. This is controlled by SELECTIONANNODISPLAY system variable.
• Many crashes and hangups are fixed
• Internal improvements.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2018 / IntelliCAD 8.3 build (171104) is posted

New Carlson 2018 / IntelliCAD 8.3 build (171104) is now available for testing.
Following issues were resolved:

• MTEXT line spacing grows 
• "Flash crash" fixes attempted
• Entity creation and UNDO performance improved
• Image rendering perfomance during printing improved
• Qleader entered width saving corrected
• Some crashes and hangups are fixed
• Internal improvements.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

New Carlson 2018 / IntelliCAD 8.3 build (171018) is posted

New Carlson 2018 / IntelliCAD 8.3 build (171018) is now available for testing.
Following issues were resolved:

• Selection area was totally overhauled to avoid wrong selection on turned off / locked / frozen layers
• Delete key doesn't work in Filter rename box
• Align Attribute Definitions issue
• HPORIGIN have value in WCS instead of UCS
• Keyboard shortcuts inconsistency after importing ICK
• Some crashes and hangups are fixed.
• Internal improvements.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2018 / IntelliCAD 8.3 build (171003) is posted

New Carlson 2018 / IntelliCAD 8.3 build (171003) is now available for testing.
Following issues were resolved:

• Content of FIELD is not displayed after edit
• Can't open for editing XRef-file after REFEDIT
• Selection is not updated with some specific settings
• Internal improvements.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2018 / IntelliCAD 8.3 build (170928) is posted

New Carlson 2018 / IntelliCAD 8.3 build (170928) is now available for testing.

Following issues were resolved:

• Ribbon bar improvements.
• Fixes for crashes and hangups.
• Internal improvements.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170921) is posted

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170921) is now available for testing.

Following issues were resolved:

•     Printing problem with font
•     In the combo box of the text styles you should not see the name of text style of the XREF
•     Problems with grips dragging for Aligned Dimension in some drawings
•     Block insert error by button in the newly opened drawing
•     Entmake solid transparency issue
•     Cannot select some entities at large coordinates
•     Some entities disappear after XCLIPing a block
•     Some creashes are fixed.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

First update for Carlson 2018 / IntelliCAD 8.3 build (170920) is posted

First update for Carlson 2018 / IntelliCAD 8.3 build (170920) is now available for testing.

Following issues were resolved:

• No preview available on Layout during MOVE command.
• Some selection on turned off layers changes are reverted to avoid more severe issues
• Information in main window title is reset
• Printing problem with font
• In the combo box of the text styles you should not see the name of text style of the XREF
• (initdia) LISP function support
• Origin is not set in -HATCH via LISP and SDS
• Text is under bitmap
• DDEDIT cannot be started by double-clicking on the MLeader MText content
• Problems with grips dragging for Aligned Dimension in some drawings
• Image is not displayed after zoom
• MText is hidden under bitmap
• DTEXT editor looses formatting
• WIPEOUT in XREF looks wrong in paper space
• Text overlap detection improved
• Mid snap is wrong
• Some crashes are fixed and some internal improvements are made.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

Carlson iCAD 2017 is released!

Carlson iCAD is an affordable CAD program that is .dwg file based and designed to fit into your production workflow. Carlson iCAD allows drafters to finish drawings and engineers to review drawings.

Key Features:

• 2D and 3D CAD package
• Based on .dwg file
• Built on IntelliCAD® 8.3 engine
• Carlson Software drafting and annotation tools
• Perpetual license
• Free tech support

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New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170822) is posted

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170822) is now available for testing.

Following issues were resolved:

• Carlson 2017 now supports opening of DWG 2018 drawings by converting them to DWG 2013. You will be prompted to convert on open of such a drawing.
• Part of the screen become black on zoom
• Paths are not saved in Options dialog
• TEXT may draw with incorrect rotation angle
• Some crashes fixed.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170804) is posted

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170804) is now available for testing.

Following issues were resolved:

• Selective regen improvements are rolled back (again) because of occasional freezes
• A rotation angle is not accepted if rotate during grip
• Menu icons are wrong

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170726) is posted

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170726) is now available for testing.

Following issues were resolved:

• Autocomplete prevents entering of short commands like "I"

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170720) is posted

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170720) is now available for testing.

Following issues were resolved:

• Users updated from older builds (previous official build from January 2017) loose their command aliases
• Some crashes fixed, some internal improvements done.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170707) is posted

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170707) is now available for testing.

Following issues were resolved:

• XREF selection issue.
• Some entities disappear after zoom/pan with ZOOMDETAIL>0
• EXTEND doesn't work if there is an invalid entity in a selection set
• Some entities disappear after XCLIPing a block
• Some crashes fixed.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170623) is posted

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170623) is now available for testing.

Following issues were resolved:

• CUI file backup and restore introduced. You may restore your customizations from backup in Customize dialog (Reset button).
• Return back Ctrl+Shift+Right drag for pan (optional). To activate it please set PANSTYLE system variable on (type PANSTYLE, Enter, 1, Enter).
• Wrong print stamp color. Now it always color #7.
• Vertical line spacing cannot be changed
• DIM1 HORIZONTAL does not ask for text
• MText option for linear dimension is wrong
• Menu icons are wrong
• MOVE doesn't work in some cases
• MTEXT Imperial height modification
• Autocomplete does not provide exact correspondence
• ICAD enters bad state in which no commands can be executed
• Dialog may become empty
• DIMSTYLE: vertical text alignment rephrase
• Reset user's aliases if the list is empty
• SELECT ALL should not select entities on freezing layer
• No drag image during grip editing in a layout
• Block Selection Error
• Cannot select some entities at large coordinates
• There are performance improvements, many crash and freeze fixes, and many internal improvements.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.

As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,

Anton.

Severe performance degradation after Windows Update

Reminder on the issue descirbed some time ago in this blog:

After IntelliCAD users started updating to the latest Windows Update KB4013429, and its follow up Emergency Update KB4015438 and KB4016635, some users experienced a severe performance degradation when using IntelliCAD x64 (versions 7.2-8.3a) with some older Intel HD Graphics Devices (4000 or older). Although this issue can be resolved by uninstalling the Windows Updates, this is not practical, especially for users who have automatic updates on.
Ways to fix this (choose one of them):

• Carlson 2017+ users just need to update to the most recent version of software.
• Switch to another video card if any (see this guide)
• Turn off hardware acceleration: type HWACCELERATION, Enter, 0, Enter

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New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170502) is posted

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170502) is now available for testing.

Following issues were resolved:

• Intellicad doesn't show Block with solids during insert
• Slow print dialog open
• MTEXT is inserted in wrong position
• Invisible objects when open
• Viewports printed incorrectly
• Some crashes fixed. Various internal improvements done.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170404) is posted

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170404) is now available for testing.

Following issues were resolved:

• Important: After IntelliCAD users started updating to the latest Windows Update KB4013429, and its follow up Emergency Update KB4015438 and KB4016635, some users experienced a severe performance degradation when using IntelliCAD x64 (versions 7.2-8.3a) with some older Intel HD Graphics Devices (4000 or older). Although this issue can be resolved by uninstalling the Windows Updates, this is not practical, especially for users who have automatic updates on. It is fixed now.
• MTEXT is inserted in wrong position
• Block rotation using ANGBASE != 0 cause problems
• RIBBONMINIMIZED must retain it's value after context tab activation / deactivation
• Setting "Don't show" checkbox in AutoStack Properties dialog disables this dialog for ever
• Improved viewports behavior.
• QSELECT - impossible to use
• polyline width error
• Fixed some crashes. Improved performance in some areas.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170308) is posted

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170308) is now available for testing.

Following issues were resolved:

• New MTEXT editor does not accept alt-codes
• No notification if file is saved with errors
• Display error of a specific SPLINE in a drawing
• New system variable introduced: MTEXTAUTOSELECT - allows to select whole text on text editor open.
• Leader text disappears after edit
• When grip move a 3d polyline vertex, don't set Z to zero
• Blocks disappear after move with MTMODE=1
• A text with UFDOT.SHX font is not displayed
• Selection error of invisible empty texts
• Leader grip editing leads to incorrect text justification change
• Wrong visualization of ACIS with isolines
• Wrong korean text
• Fixed some crashes and test failures. Improved performance in some areas. Improved diagnostic functionality.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170209) is posted

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170209) is now available for testing.

Following issues were resolved:

• Hangups and freezes issue is revisited to apply proper long-term fix. Those who set HWACCELERATION or SELECTIVEREGENMODE to 0 previously because of this issue please set them back to 1. Please let us know if freezes will be back in this version.
• The data extracted by the ATTEXT command are not correctly justified (SDF format)
• PEDIT -> JOIN removes polylines
• Text is not edited if TEXTEDITMODE=4
• An univocal name has to be assigned to the unnamed block
• MTEXT background color set to "drawing" is displayed incorrectly
• Menu icons get scrambled
• Function keys not working
• Text spacing is lost on edit
• Snap order is unpredictable
• Fixed some crashes.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170125) is posted

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170125) is now available for testing.

Following issues were resolved:

• Hangups and freezes issue is fixed once again by rolling back another fix. Those who set HWACCELERATION or SELECTIVEREGENMODE to 0 previously because of this issue please set them back to 1.
• Snap order is unpredictable
• An univocal name has to be assigned to the unnamed block
• Print orientation is wrong for HP DesignJet 430 (you have to set PRINTAUTOROTATE to 0 for this printer)
• 3DOrbit glyph stays on-screen after pressing SHIFT+CTRL+S
• FILLET command doesn't work on POLYLINE
• [VPMAX/VPMIN] VPMAXED VPORT does not work correctly with ZOOM Wheel

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170123) is posted

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170123) is now available for testing.

Following issues were resolved:

• Major re-work of grip points handling.
• Fixed some crashes.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170110) is posted

New Carlson 2017 / IntelliCAD 8.2 build (170110) is now available for testing.

Following issues were resolved:

• When grip move a 3d polyline vertex, don't set Z to zero
• Grips disappear if click an entity when a selection is active
• Improve CUI re-write warning
• Major improvement of MTEXT grip points
• Fixed some crashes and freezes. It worth to mention that very severe hangup is fixed in this version. Those who set HWACCELERATION or SELECTIVEREGENMODE to 0 previously because of this issue please set them back to 1.

Please let us know if you encounter any issue which will have to be fixed immediately or other issues which are new.
As always, if this build is problematic, the older patch can be used to restore.

Thank you,
Anton.